franking

verb

present participle of frank
as in mailing

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  1. mailing
  2. posting
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  • North Carolina starts mailing out its absentee ballots today, officially kicking off this year's midterm voting season.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Time is of the essence since some states have already begun mailing ballots for the fall election.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of mailing
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  • Over a longer time horizon, however, Apple shares pick up steam, posting gains 60 days after 17 of 24 product launches.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Argentine-Spanish author and producer went from posting chapters of her first novel My Fault (Culpa mía) on Wattpad to now having 10 of her books adapted into films for Amazon MGM Studios.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Franking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franking. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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